diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 29cd6de..20f47b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
 extern int platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *);
 extern void platform_driver_unregister(struct platform_driver *);
 
+/* non-hotpluggable platform devices may use this so that probe() and
+ * its support may live in __init sections, conserving runtime memory.
+ */
+extern int platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *driver,
+		int (*probe)(struct platform_device *));
+
 #define platform_get_drvdata(_dev)	dev_get_drvdata(&(_dev)->dev)
 #define platform_set_drvdata(_dev,data)	dev_set_drvdata(&(_dev)->dev, (data))